A SET OF VICTORIAN TABLE SILVER, G.W. ADAMS FOR CHAWNER & CO., LONDON, 1864/65/74Lily pattern, terminals engraved Carlin, comprising:twelve tablespoonstwelve table forkseight dessert spoonssix dessert forkssix teaspoonsfour salt spoonsand a pair of gravy spoons, a pair of sauce ladles, one soup ladle, one butter knife and one pair sugar tongs4510gr (145oz)(55)Provenance: This table silver was placed in a safety deposit box on 20th December 1877 by James Ellis at the London County & Westminster Bank, 130 Whitechapel High Street, London, remaining there for 120 years until removed by a direct descendent in 1997. For jewellery with the same provenance, see lots 494-497.
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A SET OF EIGHT VICTORIAN SILVER TABLE FORKS, FRANCIS HIGGINS JUNIOR FOR THE PORTLAND CO. LTD., LONDON, 1860Kings Honeysuckle pattern, the terminals engraved with a crest766gr (24oz)(8)The short-lived Portland Co. Ltd. was the brainchild of Harry Emanuel (1830-1898), the retail jeweller and silversmith of 5 Hanover Square, who in 1856 filed a patent in London which covered improvements in the manufacture of spoons, forks, &c. Premises were acquired for the enterprise in Ridinghouse Street, Portland Place and the company registered in August 1859. One of the shareholders was Francis Higgins junior (1818-1908) who was appointed the company’s manager. By early 1861 Emanuel had sold his shares and Higgins moved the factory to Clapton Mills near Loudwater, Buckinghamshire. Although the Portland Co. Ltd., ‘Manufacturers of silver and electro-plated goods, by patent machinery,’ was represented at the International Exhibition of 1862, the company did not prosper. The remaining shareholders decided in March 1863 to wind-up the business and Higgins, who must have invested a great deal of time and effort on their behalf, declared himself bankrupt in December 1867. For further information, see John Culme, The Directory of Gold and Silversmiths, Woodbridge, 1987, vol. I, p. 370.
A SET OF EDWARDIAN TABLE SILVER, GOLDSMITHS & SILVERSMITHS CO. LTD., LONDON, 1908, Hanoverian pattern, engraved with the crest of Kenyon of London, comprising:twelve tablespoonstwelve table forkstwelve dessert spoonstwelve dessert forksand two sauce ladles in sizes3102gr (99oz)(50)
GEORGIAN TABLE SILVER, ELEY & FEARN AND ELEY, FEARN & CHAWNER, LONDON, 1797-1824Old English pattern, the terminals variously engraved or plain, comprising: thirteen tablespoons, thirty-three table forks, eight dessert spoons, a dessert fork and eleven teaspoons3437gr (110oz)(66)
~A FRENCH GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL BOX AND COVER WITH MINIATURE BY GERARD VAN SPAENDONCK (1746-1822), PARIS, CIRCA 1800circular, with a painted inset of a bowl of lavish summer flowers signed to right table edge ‘G. v Spaen...’, plain gold mounts unmarked8.2cm diameterProvenance: The Hoffenreich Collection of Snuff Boxes, ViennaG‚rard (or Gerardus) van Spaendonck is famed for his flower painting, in miniature, larger scale and botanical formats. He was born in Tilburg and studied in Antwerp, moving to Paris in 1769. Appointed miniaturist to Louis XVI in 1774, his floral miniatures set into snuff boxes became hugely sought after. In 1780 he became Professor of Floral Painting at the Jardin des Plantes. Post-revolution he was one of the first members of the Academy of Fine Arts, was awarded the L‚gion d’honneur in 1804 and the following year was ennobled by Napoleon.
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